July 7, 2017

WES VERNON — News and entertainment media, to say nothing of the history books, have inundated Americans with their own political versions of our nation's founding and the political officials and other alert Americans who followed, including our 45 presidents (for whatever the proficiency of their efforts as "keepers of the flame" may have been). By no means, however, are those who made great strides in their contributions to the nation's direction confined to our elected or officially appointed public servants. In fact, some of those "outside the Washington bubble" had an impact that was much more than simply "noteworthy."... (more)

July 7, 2017

ART MOORE — Ten years ago, Warsaw hosted an international conference warning of a "demographic winter" that posed an existential threat to Europe as the rejection of the "natural family" was leading to plunging birthrates and the consequent importation of millions of workers from countries with historic colonial ties who spurn Western values and refuse to assimilate.... (more)

July 6, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — The news media continues to snipe at the White House. But there's some Trump triumph as well. First lady Melania Trump is earning accolades for her grace on the global stage this week. Yes, an admiring press chronicles every fabulous ensemble she wears down to the last fashion detail. But they also are applauding Mrs. Trump's demeanor and diplomatic skills during her second overseas tour.... (more)

July 6, 2017

NEWSMAX — The Trump administration has faced an average of one leak per day to news organizations during its first 126 days -- "seven times faster" than the Obama and George W. Bush administrations combined -- that have been "potentially damaging" to national security, according to a new Senate report released Thursday.... (more)

July 6, 2017

NEWSMAX — The controversial co-chair of the women's march against President Donald Trump, Linda Sarsour, is calling for a "jihad" against the president. During a a speech to the Islamic Society of North America convention in Chicago last weekend, Sarsour, a delegate to the 2016 Democratic National Convention who is an anti-Israel and pro-Sharia activist, made the startling call -- and also urged against "assimilation" -- last weekend, Real Clear Politics reported.... (more)

July 6, 2017

CHELSEA SCHILLING — Perhaps most Americans never thought they'd see the day when cable news giant CNN became completely irrelevant, obsolete and even extinct. But President Trump is waging a full-blown war with CNN, and -- when it's all said and done -- CNN will be wiped off the news map, according to talk-radio king Rush Limbaugh.... (more)

July 6, 2017

NEWSMAX — A prominent New York hospital is reportedly offering to treat terminally ill Charlie Gard amid an agonizing controversy that has drawn sympathy and support from Pope Francis and President Donald Trump.... (more)

July 6, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said Thursday that she plans to sign a sweeping, unprecedented bill requiring insurers to provide free abortions for their customers, including illegal immigrants. "The ability to control our bodies and make informed decisions about health are critical to providing all Oregonians the opportunity to achieve our full potential and live productive, thriving lives," the Democratic chief executive said in an email. "Attempts to deny access to contraceptives and family planning are an attack on all Oregonians, particularly women of color, low-income and young women."... (more)

July 6, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — A federal judge has denied Hawaii's request to clarify the scope of the Supreme Court's lifting of the blockade against President Trump's travel ban. The ruling Thursday evening by U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson leaves in place the Trump administration's rules regarding what classes of people to exempt from the travel ban.... (more)

July 6, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — In a welcome surprise for the arms industry, 2017 is on a pace to easily be the second biggest for gun sales ever, and could beat last year's record.... (more)

July 6, 2017

NEWSMAX — Roy Moore, the former Alabama chief justice who was twice removed from office over failure to follow federal court rulings, is the lead candidate in internal polling for his state's U.S. Senate seat, Politico Pro reported.... (more)

July 6, 2017

WORLDNETDAILY — A New York Police Department officer and mother of three has died after being shot early Wednesday morning while sitting in a police vehicle in the Bronx.... (more)

July 6, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Wednesday that a New York City officer who was gunned down earlier in the day was "unjustly targeted" in an unprovoked attack. The attorney general condemned the killing of 12-year department veteran Officer Miosotis Familia, who was fatally shot as she sat in a marked police vehicle.... (more)

July 6, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — It is perhaps the key piece of forensic evidence in Russia's suspected efforts to sway the November presidential election, but federal investigators have yet to get their hands on the hacked computer server that handled email from the Democratic National Committee.... (more)

July 6, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — Media ethicists and watchdogs are criticizing CNN for conditioning the anonymity of a private citizen on his speaking and acting in a way approved by the multi-billion-dollar news network. In an article published on Independence Day, Andrew Kaczynski, senior editor of CNN's KFile, tracked down the Reddit user who made a short video mocking CNN that President Trump gave wide circulation to in a tweet on Sunday.... (more)

July 6, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — Sen. Ted Cruz said CNN may have committed a crime by threatening to publish the identity of a private citizen who made a video depicting President Trump beating up the news network. The Texas Republican tweeted Wednesday that CNN may be guilty of "extortion."... (more)

July 6, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — The conservative Club for Growth on Wednesday voiced support for an amendment by Sen. Ted Cruz to the Republican healthcare plan that would provide some flexibility for insurers, while urging the Senate to repeal Obamacare's tax on wealthy people.... (more)

July 6, 2017

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., has been readmitted to the intensive care unit at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and is listed in "serious" condition after concerns emerged about possible infection as he continues recovery from a gunshot during practice for the Congressional Baseball Game on June 14.... (more)

July 5, 2017

NATIONAL REVIEW — Pope Francis and President Trump agree: Sentencing a baby to death is simply wrong. These two men form the twin pillars of a peculiar alliance against Europe's expanding culture of death, and the irony is frightening. After all, what does it say about the state of European society when it cedes a man who is perhaps the most vulgar president in American history the moral high ground?... (more)

July 5, 2017

PAUL BREMMER — Kori Doty had a baby eight months ago. What is the child's gender? Well, that's yet to be decided. According to Doty, only the child can decide which gender it wants to be. Doty, a Canadian who identifies as a "non-binary trans person," is demanding the government issue Searyl Atli Doty the world's first "gender unknown" birth certificate.... (more)

July 5, 2017

WASHINGTON TIMES — The Trump administration's "unprecedented" effort to break up and shrink a national monument has been done at least 18 times before, with presidents of both parties exercising power to significantly reduce the size of U.S. landmarks established by their predecessors.... (more)

July 4, 2017

Thoughts on the nature of true freedom

ALAN KEYES — These days, we celebrate the Fourth of July as Independence Day. Actually, it's the day when the first American patriots declared their decisions to break away from the people of Great Britain and stand thenceforth as the people of the United States of America. The Declaration includes, as it were, a bill of impeachment against the king of Great Britain. But it does not begin with a statement of grievances. It begins by stating the convictions, in respect of right, rights, and justice, upon which its signers concluded that the actions of the king's government were violations of the highest Sovereign's will, grave enough to justify the war that had already begun.... (more)

July 4, 2017

DAILY WIRE — Much to the White House's credit, President Trump is supporting Sen. Ted Cruz and Mike Lee's proposal to add more health insurance choices to the Senate health care bill. The Cruz/Lee proposal also might exclude some of the Affordable Care Act's protections for pre-existing conditions.... (more)

July 4, 2017

CHELSEA SCHILLING — Will President Trump help medically transport a 10-month-baby from London to the U.S. before the government and his doctors pull the plug on his life support? That's the question being raised on Twitter Monday. And it wouldn't be the first time Trump has intervened to medically transport a sick child for treatment.... (more)

July 3, 2017

ROBERT KNIGHT — Frustrated by its inability to win elections, the left is attempting to silence opponents through intimidation, either in the streets or in the courts. The latest example is the hijacking of Guidestar USA by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).... (more)